- Reference
- Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:143 (1904)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect open shrub, 0.3-0.9 m high. Fl. blue, May or Jul to Nov. Sandy or clayey, often gravelly soils. Plains, hillslopes.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 7-20 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, incurved. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers dispersed singly, pink or blue, hairy; floral bracts 1.5-2.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 4.5-7 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1-2 mm long, hairy; lower lip 0.5-1 mm long, hairy. Nut 1.5-2 mm long. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dalwallinu, Dumbleyung, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, West Arthur, Wickepin, Woodanilling, Yilgarn.